Moderna announced today that its experimental mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 achieved 94.5% protective efficacy in an interim analysis of a 30,000-person trial.
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In 2003, scientists discovered something huge, literally, in the virus world: viruses so big they could be seen with a standard microscope.
Rheumatoid arthritis, or RA, is an autoimmune and inflammatory disease that occurs when your immune system mistakenly attacks your own body’s healthy tissues, causing inflammation in the affected parts of the body.
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) today announced their mRNA-based vaccine candidate, BNT162b2, against SARS-CoV-2 has demonstrated evidence of efficacy against COVID-19 in participants without prior evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection, based on the first interim efficacy analysis conducted on November 8, 2020 by an external, independent Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) from the Phase 3 clinical […]
A Princeton-led study of more than a half-million people in India who were exposed to the novel coronavirus suggests that the virus’ continued spread is driven by only a small percentage of those who become infected, known as superspreaders.
Fever, runny nose, headache? Lost your sense of taste or smell? Your guide to differentiating between the three illnesses
In February, as the new coronavirus swept across China and shut down entire cities, a scientist named Sai Li set out to paint its portrait.
Researchers have used CRISPR gene-editing technology to come up with a test that detects the pandemic coronavirus in just 5 minutes.
Is SARS-CoV-2 spread by aerosols? In this paper not the answer, but proof that it can cause infections over a distance of 1 meter.
You can get CoVID19 more then once. Is this a threat for a working vaccine?